Oscar in Berlin
My name is Oscar Leal and I am from Mexico
I studied Mechatronics Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. (Mexico)
I was considering looking for a job after my studies, but the labor market in my city was not as developed as it is today. I decided to study, as a result, on this master’s program with the idea of enhancing and learning different technical abilities such as embedded systems, advanced control systems, power electronics and electric motor control.
It was about developing machine learning algorithms to estimate the SOC of 12 LTO cells. I did this thesis at the Christian-Albrechts Universitaet zu Kiel, in collaboration with the Kiel University of Applied Sciences. The thesis was elaborated in the latter’s lab by measuring the most relevant features from the cells and applying a specific policy from the Reinforcement Learning approach.
Elaborating the master’s thesis, because I was not familiar with Machine Learning, nor the programming language.
Honestly, just three or four weeks but I was contacted one month before handing in my thesis. A company from my city had contacted me via OCCMUNDIAL and I got a job offer with them a few days later. However, I decided to apply to other R&D automotive companies that had began their operations in Mexico (specifically in Monterrey) at the same time I was pursuing my master’s degree in Europe.
I was offered the following positions from different automotive companies in Monterrey: Vehicle Dynamics Control Engineer Embedded Software Delivery Engineer at John Derre Software Integrator Engineer Power Electronics - Embedded Software Engineer I chose the second option, because I already been an intern at John Deere 4 years ago and I was more familiar with their goals, their brand and their work system.
I will be developing embedded software controls for power converters, electric motors and energy management systems. Additional features will also be required, like programming displays and other electronic devices. The development of the control algorithms and other software components are mainly done with Simulink and C/C++.
This master’s program really enhanced my career by allowing me to apply confidently for different job positions in my country. As a result, I got multiple offers at once. I encourage anyone to apply for this program and take advantage of the different benefits this program offers, such as the specialization and a promising thesis’ topic.
